Molvi Abrar Ahmad Shah

Present the product functionality in detail to customer prospects and partner teams and be able to explain how the product can address both technical and business problems.
• Conduct product demonstrations at meetings, conferences, seminars, etc.
• Provide input to functional and technical elements of RFIs/RFPs and support the Global System Integrator in the creation of responses.
• Support the product evaluation process and creation of any Proof of Concept (PoC) success criteria with the Partner/Technical/Sales Leader and System Engineering teams.
• Provide input to Services Estimation and associated Statement of Work (SOW), understanding how the product can be configured through supporting services.
• Be a technical resource for product questions and assist in the documentation of product capability for partners and others through knowledge platforms (such as RFP360/Responsive).
• Provide product improvement and roadmap feedback to Product Management using the internal process and associated tools (including Homerun/Aha!).
• Providing leadership in Technical Training and Blue Planet OSS Product Enablement to Partner System Integrator teams.

Design solution architectures for the 5G/4G network requirements, to the extent of being able to install and deploy the platform for customer and partner engagements.
• Gather customer requirements and specifications and translate proposing solutions utilizing Company products.
• Customer engagement while working closely with Customer Unit Sales and SI Engagement Practices organizations.
• Drive business and solution development with the customer, which include solution presentations, customer meetings and Demo for 5G/4G Core solutions.
• Respond to RFPs, RFQs, RFIs and Technical Compliances
• Putting together Technical Proposals/SOW/ Commercial proposals and development of business cases.
• Support R&D, Technical teams in adding or identifying new technology product features, Product Documentation & Roadmap suggestions.

• Currently direct technical account for Building/Development/Testing of 5G core/RAN Lab in IIT Madras, in collaboration with technology partner Exium, Cable free, Rebaca Test technologies.
• Authoring of HLD/LLD, Design to delivery process details, POCs, Mop Reviews for use cases, Whitepapers, Technical documents.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to understand/discuss the business strategy and use cases, work back with technical teams such as RAN to lead the development of an end-to-end architecture that aligns with the business strategy.

• Responsible for Regular interactions, discussions with potential customers for defining 5G use case as per requirements.

• Was part of the 5G Development team for industry 4.0 Application Enablement Platform (AEP) solution development, which would enable next generation AI, MEC, AR/VR/XR and IoT applications to leverage and be enhanced 5G Core network aware.
• Collaborating and managing the team for the Development of Enterprise Application Enablement Platform (AEP) which is going to be deployed between 5G RAN and 5G Core to create new offerings for Enterprises by capitalizing the 5G network capabilities.
• Providing Leadership and technical support to developers and team members by preparing Confluence based technical design documents describing functioning of service based 5G core and RAN derived from 3GPP and ORAN Alliance architecture and Specifications for envisioning product development and strategy.
• Collaborating for technical discussions and decisions focused Around POC for realization of the Product services which involve setting up of test beds like open5gs for testing and demonstrations. Evangelized the product vision and building trust by maintaining an accurate and achievable roadmap.
• Collaborating with Sales/Marketing teams for business enhancement and building strong customer relationships.

• Design, Plan IP/Packet Core network as per business needs
• End to End core Planning, optimization and performance management of network involving multi technology partner system. Successfully planned on-boarding of 5G cloud core solution. (AMF, SMF, UPF)
• Suggesting/Evaluation of new features, products, and solutions in Telco cloud ecosystem by engaging with technology partners on regular basis.
• Preparing guidelines and processes for circle teams for IP/core network performance Planning.
• Participated in developing SDN/NFV architecture, define blueprint for network and DC interconnect, develop service Orchestration model.
• Comply and adhere to CAPEX budget, data accuracy, focus on cost efficiency and optimization.
• Exploring the adoption of new technology initiatives such as implementation of Cloud native setup, and Open Network Architecture.

• Planning and Performance of IP Backhaul for 4G LTE services.
• Provide leadership for Planning excellence in IP access domain, which involves understanding the criti-cal variables to control in IP access/Core and then creating/aligning corresponding processes to ensure KPI/SLA compliance on daily basis.
• Implementation/Integration of IP/MPLS equipment and solutions as defined by SoW and MOP, NIP.
• Backhaul IP/MPLS KPI improvement and Monitoring.
• Design Document validation and implementation
• LLD, HLD and Link budgeting Implementation
• Preparing configuration templates and node specific configuration covering basic setup, routing, MPLS, security, redundancy, QOS, accounting and services.
• Planning Enterprise service delivery over IP/MPLS for Leased line (ILL) and Enterprise IP telephony solutions (IP CENTREX) build around IMS.
• Planning Enterprise service delivery through BNG for OLT fixed line Enterprise services for GPON.
• Perform capacity planning upgradation following network KPIs and forecasts.
• Review all aspects of the planning/design of IP/MPLS Backhaul including interfaces with the RAN, DWDM.

• Managed and collaborated with team of PBOT Technology partners (Cisco, Samsung, Nokia, Mavenir, GENBAND, HP) for IP/EPC/IMS/MME/PCRF Packet core deployment/acceptance and integration.
• Involved in core Design document HLD, LLD technical discussions and approvals for IP/EPC/IMS/MME /PCRF/HSS implementation.
• Performed RAN-CORE integration and testing for 4G LTE Network.
• Rollout and Integration of Nokia products like CMS-8200 HSS, NT HLR.
• Rollout and integration of Ericsson HSS-FE open stack-based system.
• End to End analysis/comparison of cmcli configuration of NT HLR and HSS before and after successful upgrades and aligning the missing parameters.
• Performance management, ensuring optimal performance of platforms like Cisco ASR 5500.
• Performance Management and analysis of packet core KPIs.
• Configuring IP cluster routing and troubleshooting of various core elements like MME, HLR, DRA.
• ACCEPTANCE (ATP), HANDOVER of IP and Packet core Nodes from PBOT Technology partners as per Design documents and test verification.
• Project management and implementation. Ensuring NDD creation, surveying, OCI, installation and Commissioning of Nodes.
• BOQ and material delivery negotiations with Technology Partners for IP/ Packet Core

• Responsible for Service implementation at Customer Premises.
• Responsible for collaborating with Technicians for making sure high-quality services are provided to customers
• Responsible for implementation of SIP services, upgrading PBX into IP by implementing Cisco Call manager for Customers.

• Responsible for implementation, operation & maintenance of Ericsson BTS (2202, 2204, 2964, 2964v2, 2111) & all links (SDH, PDH).
• Performing integration and commissioning of NODE-B 6000 series (6101, 6202.6601, 6601E)
• Commissioning, Operations and fault finding of Ericsson Transmission equipment like Traffic-node, Mini-link, Hi-cap, and AXX.